Tag Archives: Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
New Federal Rules to End Discrimination Against Faith-Based Child Welfare Providers
The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed new rules that would end regulations put in place by the Obama Administration that prohibited faith-based child welfare providers from receiving federal funding without abandoning their beliefs.
Posted in Federal
Tagged adoption, Alliance Defending Freedom, Department of Health and Human Services, DHH, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, foster care, Russell Moore, Trump Administration, Zach Pruitt
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Anger and SCOTUS Anti-Marriage Decision
The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention just released a document titled “Here We Stand: An Evangelical Declaration on Marriage,” signed by scores of religious leaders. It is largely an excellent document that embodies an unequivocal, courageous commitment to truth.
That said, it also makes the troubling claim that Christians ought not be angry: “Outrage and panic are not the responses of those confident in the promises of a reigning Christ Jesus.”
My concern about this may seem an unnecessary quibble, but the notion that Christians ought not feel angry is integral to the …
Posted in Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty
Tagged D.A. Carson, Desiring God, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Leon Podles, Robert A. Gagnon, SCOTUS, Southern Baptist Convention, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
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